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Palaeogeography provides the spatial context for understanding biological, chemical and physical processes on the surface of the Earth through geological time. Whether you're interested in frontier exploration in the oil , gas and mineral industries or have a question about palaeoecological or palaeobiogeographical issues, a map on which to examine the problem is essential. With the rapid development of desktop based GIS, the ability to analyse such data with in the framework of palaeogeographic maps has become a more widely used tool.
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Applications in oil, gas and mineral exploration.
Many problems in exploration require an understanding of the evolving spatial context. In oil and gas exploration, mapping play elements through time has become a common feature of petroleum systems analysis; but to be truely useful each element must be placed in its reconstructed palaeo-position.
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Applications in palaeoclimatology.
Palaeoclimate models, like most Earth Systems Models, requires palaeogeography be explicitly stated as one of the principle boundary conditions. Palaeotopography has a particular influence on results but is generally only poorly constrained.
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Applications in palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography.
The distribution of life on Earth is largely dictated by contemporary environmental conditions and the history of changes to those conditions. Tectonic reorganisations play a crucial role in this, providing the means of linking or dissociating different ecosystems, and thereby affecting their subsequent development.
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